Sara Young TS #4


TS #4 Marcia #1: 26 June

On Wednesday, June 26 at 4 PM after meeting with Andres in the CIES conference room, I met with Marcia Myung Hye Ahn, a Brazilian college graduate of Korean descent who majored in Materials in Engineering at her home country, for the first time. I took this first session as a time to introduce one another as well as to analyze Marcia’s English skills. I got to know a lot about her, her interests and her family members, as well as about her future goals and aspirations that to her are achievable by acquiring English as a third language (she speaks both Portuguese and Korean), such as getting a Masters Degree in the United States. Marcia told me that her level in English was between Upper Elementary and Lower Intermediate, and when asked about what troubles her the most in English, gave a prepared list of grammar and speaking points: speaking, pronunciation {specifically past tense consonant (such as -ed/-et) pronunciation} and prepositions, with prepositions being her biggest concern. After speaking for a while, we decided to set a fixed schedule to meet once a week on Wednesdays at 4 PM, and also agreeing on meeting more than once a week as needed, depending on whether or not she needed more tutoring or in the case of an emergency. 

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